Ratatouille quotes

View Quote [holding R?my in a jar] You're the one who was getting fancy with the spices! What did you throw in there? Oregano? [terrified R?my shakes his head] No? What? Ro--uh, rosemary? [he shakes his head again] That's a spice, isn't it? Rosemary? [R?my nods.] You didn't throw rosemary in there? Then what was all the flipping and all the throwing and the-- [Linguini sulks] I need this job. I've lost so many. I don't know how to cook and now I'm actually talking to a rat as if you-- [he gasps] Did you nod? [R?my nods] Have you been nodding? You understand me![R?my, brow raised, nods again]. So I'm not crazy! Wait a second, wait a second-- Uh, I can't cook, can I? [R?my thinks for a moment, then shakes his head] But you, heh, you can, right? [R?my shrugs modestly but acknowledgedly]. Look, don't be so modest. You're a rat for Pete's sake.

View Quote [in the trailer] You know, if you can sorta' muscle your way past the gagging reflex, all kinds of food possibilities open up.

View Quote [Linguini walks in door of kitchen] Welcome to hell.

View Quote [on TV-broadcast] Amusing title: "Anyone Can Cook". What's even more amusing is that Gusteau actually seems to believe it. I, on the other hand, take cooking seriously, and no, I don't think anyone can do it.

View Quote [R?my has been discovered again in kitchen] I know this sounds insane, but, well, the truth sounds insane sometimes, but that doesn't mean it's not the truth. And the truth is...I have no talent at all. But this r-rat [picks up R?my], he's the one behind these recipes. He's the cook, the real cook. [puts R?my on his head] He's been hiding under my toque. He's been controlling my actions. [R?my pulls Linguini's hair causing his arms go up] He's the reason I can cook the food that's exciting everyone, the reason Ego is outside that door! You've been giving me credit for his gift. I know it's a hard thing to believe, but hey, you-you believed I could cook, right? Look, this works, it's crazy, but it works. We can be the greatest restaurant in Paris, and this rat, this brilliant, Little Chef, can lead us there.

View Quote [R?my, testing out his new control system, tugs Linguini's hair hard] Whoa-ho! That's strangely involuntary--ahhh!

View Quote [Series of scenes in which he explains why he "did time"] I defrauded a major corporation.

View Quote [speaking to Linguini] You are either very lucky, or very unlucky. You will make this soup again, and this time, I will be paying attention, very close attention. They think you might be a cook, but you know what I think, Linguini? I think that you are a sneaky, over-reaching little- [sees R?my in kitchen] Rat!!

View Quote [to R?my] Whoa, you can smell all that? You have a gift!

View Quote [when interupting Linguini's press conference] Ego: "You're slow for someone in the fast lane." Linguini: "And you're thin for someone who likes food." Ego: "I don't like food, I love it... if I don't love it I don't swallow."

View Quote [Yelling out orders to the other rats] Team three will be handling fish! Team four: roasted items! Team five: grill! Team six: sauces! Get to your stations, go, go, go!

View Quote A cook makes, a thief takes.

View Quote And you, Mr. Linguini, are no idiot. Let us toast your non-idiocy.

View Quote Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great.

View Quote Appetite is coming, and he's going to have a big ego!